Gap Spring Traverse Written By: Zak Atkinson After nearly 3 months of embarking on pre-planned expeditions for backpacking, climbing, rafting, and skiing, we had the opportunity to plan our own experience. As a group, we decided on our scenic route that led us over mesas and through canyons—but most importantly, allowed us to start walking […]
Gap Spring Traverse Written by: Luke Resatarits After arriving in Leadville, we spent a week preparing for the winter expedition. On the first day of our prep we went to a nearby trail to get accustomed to walking around in our skis and skins. Feeling more confident in our gear, we went to a nearby
Gap Spring Traverse Written by: Brooke Darby 2 weeks ago, 2000 miles from my home we began our journey backpacking in Cedar Mesa Bears Ears National Monument. Most mornings as I sat by the whisper light stove cooking, my bright yellow sleeping bag was right beside me. It draped across the bushes that sprout from
Gap Spring Traverse Written by: Angie and Luke We got to Snow Canyon in St. George, Utah on the cold afternoon of February 27th. We settled into our new cooking groups and got acquainted with Coleman stoves. Our set up looked different than it did at the Kofa given that we were front country camping!
Gap Spring Traverse 2023 Written by: Amy and Brooke I climb on the nearest boulder and take in the view. Majestic saguaros and jumping chollas decorate the brown sprawl of the Kofa with patches of green. Unlike the trees I’m familiar with back home, these cacti possess a certain stillness that I’ve come to admire.
HMI Trek When I asked JP whether the places he’s visited or the people he’s spent time with had changed him more, I was a little surprised to hear him say “the people.” After all, don’t we go on these trips to learn from the most breathtaking places on the planet? Upon finishing the rest
HMI Rock Written by: Eli Wow, what a semester it’s been! We’re on our last night together, which feels surreal given that we’ve spent every night together since September (!!!!). We’ve held each other through some exhilarating, exhausting, intense, and hilarious days, and I feel so lucky to have been surrounded by passionate and loving
HMI Traverse The other night after Circle Sylvia said “Guys do we actually know each other? Like I wish you could see me at home.” I jokingly responded that I was pretty sure I didn’t want to know any of your better than I do. While what I said is mostly false there’s some part
HMI Traverse The St. George section of our semester of adventures started on the fourteenth of November. We arrived to our camp at Snow Canyon campground in the late afternoon, wiped out from our Grand Canyon adventures. As we set up our new base camp, the I-team gave us the very exciting news that dinner
HMI Traverse Written by: Yari and Drew Deserts! Canyons! Chairs! Oh my! Hello from the Horse Head Mountain Lodge, smack on our country’s lovely four corners and somewhere in the fields in-between the dusty towns of Monticello and Blanding. We’re returning from back-to-back expeditions in Moab and Bear’s Ears National Monument, ripe with stories and
